In 1997 and 1998, a group of science librarians representing the UC
campuses, met with future Librarian of the California Digital Library,
Richard Lucier, to help define where the California Digital Library should
first focus its resources and efforts. Since it was presumed that science
and technology would be the first fields to offer significant digital
information, it was decided that computer science and biotechnology should
be the focus of the initial efforts of the CDL.

However, to best gather input from faculty and staff, a questionnaire was
devised which was administered at all UC campuses in the spring of 1998.